Scissors cutting-gage.



No. 839,669. PATENTBD DEC. 25, 1906.

S. V. STONNELL.

SGISSORS CUTTING GAGE. APPLIOA'IION FILED JULY26, 190a.

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UNITED STATES TENT ()FFIGE.

SCISSORS CUTTING-GAGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 25, 1906.

Application filed July 26,1906. Serial No. 327,858.

To all whom, it ntay concern:

Be it known that I, SUSAN VIRGINIA STON- NELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at WVoodbridge, in the county of Prince l/Vilham and State of Virginia, have invented cer tain new and useful Improvements in Scissors Cutting-Gages, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to gages for scissors.

The object of the invention is to provide a gage for scissors which shall be capable of secure attachment to and ready detachment from scissors, and by the use of which cloth or other fabrics may be cut into lengths of uniform width throughout.

With this object in view the invention con sists of a gage having the general and specific features of construction and arrangement substantially as hereinafter described.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the gage shown attached to scissors and also showing by dotted lines a piece of cloth in position to be cut. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the gage detached from the scissors. Fig. 3 is an end view of the adjustable stop against which the edge of the fabric to be cut bears, and Fig. 4 i}? a transverse sectional view on the line 00 a: of

In the drawings, 1 represents the main plate of the gage over which a strip of fabric of a predetermined width is to be drawn as it is cut from a piece of goods.

The plate 1 has at one end thereof a socket or receptacle 2, the opening in which is somewhat below the upper face of the plate 1 and which is designed to receive and hold one blade of the scissors used in connection with the gage. A set-screw 3 projects from the outer face of the plate forming the outer end of the socket and is adapted to bear against and secure the scissor-blade firmly in its proper operative position in reference to the ga e.

Tkttached to the plate 1 is a second plate 4, which is of less width than the plate 1 and is attached permanently to the latter at one end by a pin 5 or in any other suitable way.

On the upper face of the plate 4 are marks denoting inches and divisions thereof and indicating along the plate the distances from the socket 2.

A yoke 6 surrounds the two plates 1 and 4 and is free to slide thereon and is retained at any desired point in the length of the plates by a set-screw 7, bearing on the under face of the plate 1. The yoke has an opening through it for the passage of the plates 1 and;

4, and the lower portion 8 of the opening is of a width and height to closely confine the plate 1 and to allow but little play between the yoke and this plate, thus insuring readiness and accuracy of adjustment of the yoke at desired points on the plate. The upper portion 9 of the opening in the yoke is of a width corresponding to the width of the plate 4, but is of a height considerably greater than the thickness of the plate. Thus the yoke may be set to bring its upper edge to register accurately with any of the marks on the plate 4, and at the same time the latter is allowed play toward and away from the plate 1.

In the use of the gage the scissor-blade is secured in place, as shown in Fig. 1, and the yoke is set to bring its edge opposite a mark on the plate 4 indicating the width of the strip to be cut. The side of the fabric is then drawn between the plates 1 and 4 and its edge brought into contact with the yoke. The fabric is then cut by the scissors, and the severed strip is drawn between the plates as the cutting progresses, and so long as the edge of the strip is kept in contact with the yoke a uniform width of the strip so cut is insured. The form of yoke permitting the separation of the plates permits the use of the implement on fabrics of widely differing thicknesses with the assurance of accuracy of cutting in each instance.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A scissor-gage comprising a main plate having a socket for the reception of a scissorblade, a narrower plate attached at one end to the main plate, a yoke receiving the plates, the yoke being provided with an opening the lower portion of which is of a width and height to closely confine the main plate and the upper portion thereof being of a width corresponding to that of the upper plate and of a height exceeding the thickness of the latter plate, and means for securing the yoke in position, substantially as described.

2. A scissor-gage comprising a main plate having a socket for the reception of a scissor blade, a narrower plate having a scale on its upper face and attached at one end to the main plate, a yoke through which the plates extend, the lower portion of the opening in the yoke being of a width and height to closely confine the main plate and the upper portion thereof being of a Width corresponding to the width of the narrower plate and of a height exceeding the thickness of the latter plate, and a setscrew for securing the yoke in position, substantially as described.

3. A scissor-gage comprising a main plate having a socket located below the upper face thereof for the reception of a scissor-blade, a

set-screw for detachably securing a blade in position in the socket, a narrower plate attached to'thernain plate at'the end thereof opposite to that-at which the socket is located, a yoke having an opening for receiving sa ee the plates, the lower portion of the opening being of a width and height to closely confine C. W. FOWLER. 

